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The climate change facts : Costing Taxpayers Billions

November 17, 2017 Science, News, Pumpkeen Facts 0 1,055

Costs of taxpayers is one of climate change facts which is costing taxpayers billions of dollars in disaster relief and the tab will only increase as extreme weather events become more common, according to a new government study. The federal government has spent an estimated $350 billion over the past …

Fact 6 | The water in the Dead Sea is so salty that it’s easier to float than sink

March 23, 2017 Health & Beauty Care, Pumpkeen Facts, Travel 0 1,859

Without a doubt the world’s most amazing place, the Jordan Rift Valley is a dramatic, beautiful landscape, which at the Dead Sea, is over 400m (1,312 ft.) below sea level. It is the lowest point on the face of the earth. This vast stretch of water receives a number of incoming rivers, …

Fact 5 | Sharks are immune to all known diseases

March 14, 2017 Science, Pumpkeen Facts, Animal 0 2,467

Sharks and antiviral medications may seem like they have nothing in common. Au contraire mon ami, you may be surprised to know that sharks are at the cutting edge of viral research. A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reports that a compound in sharks …

Fact 4 | Each time you see a full moon you always see the same side

March 10, 2017 Science, History, Pumpkeen Facts 0 2,056

You may have heard references made to the “dark side” of the Moon. This popular term refers to the fact that the same physical half of it, the “near side”, is always facing Earth, which in turn means that there is a far side or so-called “dark side” that is …

Fact 3 | Putting sugar on a wound reduces pain and speeds up the healing process

March 4, 2017 Science, Health & Beauty Care, Pumpkeen Facts 0 2,018

To help heal seriously infected wounds, some surgeons have revived a 4,000-year-old treatment. Born on the battlefields of ancient Egypt: they pack the depths of treacherous wounds with sweet substances like sugar. Dressings made of sugar and honey, favored by healers throughout history, fell into disfavor with the development of antibiotics …

Fact 2 | If you Google ” Zerg Rush ” Google will eat up the search results

February 27, 2017 Web, Pumpkeen Facts 0 2,043

By now you’ve probably been told to Google “ Zerg Rush ” and seen your screen fall apart. (If you haven’t, go ahead and do so now. We’ll wait.) It’s arguably Google’s best Easter egg. But most people don’t the history behind why it happens or what it means. “Zerg …

Fact 1 | You can’t taste food unless it’s mixed with your saliva

February 25, 2017 Science, Health & Beauty Care, Pumpkeen Facts, Food & Cooking 0 2,000

The gustatory system creates the human sense of taste, allowing us to perceive different flavors from substances that we consume as food and drink. Gustation, along with olfaction (the sense of smell), is classified as chemoreception. Because it functions by reacting with molecular chemical compounds in a given substance. Specialized …